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June 2018
Toronto Concert Orchestra | Symphony in the Gardens: Tenorissimo!
TENORISSIMO! Week 3 | Casa Loma Symphony in the Gardens Series Tenor, Romulo Delgado, has been an audience favourite since our first summer. Hear his ringing voice in ’O sole mio, Core ‘ngrato, E lucevan le stelle, Nessun dorma, Granada, Malaguena and many more! PROGRAM Bizet | Carmen Suite No.1, Aragonaise Tosti | Ideale Verdi | Questa o quella, from "Rigoletto" Bizet | Carmen Suite No.1, Séguedille Puccini | E lucevan le stelle, from "Tosca" Verdi | La donna e mobile, from "Rigoletto" Bizet | Carmen Suite No.1, Les Toréadors Cardillo…
Find out more »Bicycle Opera Project | The Llandovery Castle
The loss of 14 Nursing Sisters who drowned when their hospital ship the Llandovery Castle was torpedoed while crossing the Atlantic is a forgotten story of the Great War. Composer Stephanie Martin and librettist Paul Ciufo have created a new Canadian opera as an act of remembrance to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Llandovery Castle in June 1918. The calm confidence, skill and selflessness of Canadian nurses during the First World War stand in stark contrast…
Find out more »August 2018
Bravo Niagara! | MILOŠ: The Voice of the Guitar
“The king of Aranjuez … The hottest guitarist in the world” - The Sunday Times "One of the most exciting and communicative classical guitarists today" - New York Times “The hottest guitarist in the world”, Miloš Karadaglić continues to top the record charts and delight audiences worldwide. His first three releases on “The Yellow Label” achieved major chart success around the globe and turned him into “classical music’s guitar hero” (BBC Music Magazine) overnight. His 2014 recording of Rodrigo’s…
Find out more »September 2018
Tongue in Cheek Productions | Schubert: Winterreise
Come see Tongue In Cheek Productions' 2018/19 season launch, starring twenty-four basses and baritones from across the country. Some of Canada's most experienced singers and most promising young artists will get together for one night only to perform Schubert's iconic work. Jason Howard, Alain Coulombe, Doug MacNaughton, Dion Mazerolle, Alexander Hajek, Cairan Ryan, Aaron Durand, Michael Nyby, Andrew Tees, Olivier Laquerre, Clarence Frazer, Keith Lam, Justin Welsh, and many more! Featuring the piano stylings of the incredible Trevor Chartrand. $35…
Find out more »Opera by Request | Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Opera by Request presents a repeat performance of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, September 7, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information. Anna Bolena…………………….Antonina Ermolenko, soprano Enrico VIII………………………..John Holland, baritone Giovanna Seymour……………Monica Zerbe, mezzo-soprano Lord Percy……………………….Paul Williamson, tenor Smeton…………………………..Meghan Symon, mezzo-soprano Lord Rochefort…………………Austin Larusson, baritone Sir Hervey………………………..Francis Domingue, tenor William Shookhoff, music director and pianist
Find out more »Native Earth Performing Arts | I Call Myself Princess
I CALL MYSELF PRINCESS A PAPER CANOE PROJECTS AND CAHOOTS THEATRE PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH NATIVE EARTH Written by Jani Lauzon Director & Dramaturgy: Marjorie Chan Musical Director: Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate Performed by Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster, Howard Davis, Richard Greenblatt, Marion Newman, and Aaron M. Wells September 9-30, 2018 Tues-Sat 8 PM Sun 2 PM Aki Studio BUY TICKETS When William, a modern-day Métis music student, is handed a 1918 opera about Creek/Cherokee Mezzo Soprano Tsianina Redfeather, he learns more than just an aria as he begins to…
Find out more »Opera by Request | Mozart: Don Giovanni
Opera by Request presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, September 14, 7:30 pm College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information. Don Giovanni…………………………Norman E. Brown, baritone Leporello……………………………….John Holland, baritone Donna Anna…………………………..Alexandra LeBlanc, soprano Donna Elvira…………………………..Deena Nicklefork, soprano Don Ottavio……………………………Colin Frotten, tenor Zerlina…………………………………..Danie Friesen, soprano Masetto…………………………………George Ossipov, bass-baritone Commendatore………………………George Ossipov, bass-baritone William Shookhoff, pianist and music director
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | Mysterious Barricades
Mysterious Barricades Toronto Chorale Wesley Hui, Olivia LaPointe, Claire Lowe, Angelo Moretti, David Walsh Conducted by Tracy Wong and comprised of students from the University of Toronto
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Program Berlioz: Fantasy on Shakespeare’s The Tempest from Lélio, or The Return to Life Hétu: Variations concertantes (TSO Commission) Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Performers Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Venue Roy Thomson Hall
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Mozart 40
Elisa Citterio, director and violin soloist Dominic Teresi, bassoon soloist Mozart’s evocative 40th Symphony opens Tafelmusik’s 40th season. Program includes: Mozart Concerto for violin in D Major, K.218 Mozart Concerto for bassoon in B-flat Major Mozart Symphony no. 40 in G Minor
Find out more »The Musical Stage Company/Outside the MarchDr. Silver: A Celebration of Life
This Fall you are invited to Toronto’s historic Heliconian Hall to celebrate the life of the mysterious and magnetic spiritual leader Dr. Leonard P. Silver. The festivities promise to be an enchanting experience; a sung-through, psychedelic dissolution into the transcendental power of music. Dr. Silver: A Celebration of Life is our inaugural co-production with Outside the March, Canada’s leaders in immersive theatre, by created by two of the most exciting and innovative artists in Canadian musical theatre, Anika Johnson and Britta Johnson.
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Meet the Young Artists
VOCAL SERIES - The young artists of the 2018/2019 COC Ensemble Studio introduce themselves by singing their favourite arias. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear some of Canada’s most exciting rising stars in a program of operatic gems.
Find out more »Voicebox | Little Mahagonny: A Tribute to Kurt Weill
A tribute to the great music of Kurt Weill with a wine and cheese reception VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert would love to see you at the Gallery 345 for a surprising revelation… something OIC is very good at - it's the Singspiel, often referred as the LITTLE MAHAGONNY by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht. In this informal setting, we introduce some amazing new artists and there will be a wine and cheese reception to follow. As a bonus, we add some of…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Romantic Rachmaninoff
Superstar violinist Nicola Benedetti, praised as a “powerhouse musician” for her Szymanowski concerto with the TSO in 2017, returns with Prokofiev’s warm and spirited Violin Concerto No. 2, in this exciting program of music by Ukrainian and Russian composers. Hailed in The Telegraph as “an inspired architect” with “an energizing presence,” Kirill Karabits, the Ukrainian-born Chief Conductor of England’s Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, makes his TSO début. (Pictured: Nicola Benedetti, violin) On Saturday, September 29 ONLY at 6:45pm see the TSO…
Find out more »Trio Arkel | Harpstrings
Trio Arkel presents the first concert of Season 6! World-renowned harpist Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton joins the ensemble in works that feature this glorious instrument. Central to the largely French program is the trio for harp, violin and cello by Henriette Renié, a legendary virtuoso of the harp and trailblazer for women in the arts.
Find out more »RCM | Gábor Takács-Nagy conducts the Royal Conservatory Orchestra
Hungarian Maestro Gábor Takács-Nagy conducts the RCO and violinist Orin Laursen in a program of works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Dvořák. The Glenn Gould School (GGS)’s Royal Conservatory Orchestra (RCO) is widely regarded as an outstanding ensemble and one of the best training orchestras in North America. Part of the Temerty Orchestral Program at the GGS, it consists of instrumental students in the undergraduate and graduate programs of The Glenn Gould School. Graduates of the RCO have joined the ranks…
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra
URI MAYER, conductor MYRIAM BLARDONE, harp, one of the 2017-18 UTSO Concerto Competition winners MACMILLAN Fanfare for a Centennial and England: An Ode Overture RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique Op. 14 MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's Park $30, $20 senior, $10 student | BUY TICKETS ONLINE or call 416-408-0208 (U of T students admitted free with a valid T-Card, space permitting.) 7 to 7:15 pm, MacMillan Theatre stage: Professor Sherry Lee, Associate Dean of Research, welcomes Dean Don McLean to the first Symphony Talk of the 100th anniversary season, to consider the work of his…
Find out more »Toronto Chamber Choir | Music and Friendship
This special performance celebrates the TCC’s golden anniversary by gathering together the choir’s extended “family,” including former choir members, directors, section leads, and other friends. The choir will sing some all-time favourite works by Bach, Purcell, Monteverdi, Schütz, Willan, and others, as well as the premiere of David Barber’s Gaudeamus. Lucas Harris, Elizabeth Anderson, David Fallis, Mark Vuorinen, conductors • Stephanie Martin, chamber organ Pre-concert chat at 7:15 with some longtime choir members and former conductors
Find out more »Mooredale Concerts | Music & Truffles KIDS: Calidore String Quartet
THE SHOW: A blend of old and new classical music performed by these sunny artists from California. “Deep reserves of virtuosity and irrepressible dramatic instinct” -New York Times and “balance of intellect and expression” –Los Angeles Times has won Calidore String Quartet accolades across the globe, firmly establishing them as one of the finest chamber music ensembles performing today. They have garnered the most prestigious prizes for chamber music in North America and Europe including the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant and BBC Radio 3 New…
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Eugene Onegin
EUGENE ONEGIN Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky SEPTEMBER 30 TO NOVEMBER 3, 2018 New Production Tatyana’s quiet existence is turned upside down with the arrival of the handsome and charismatic Onegin. Romantic fantasies burst into vivid reality, inspiring Tatyana’s famous letter, which Onegin arrogantly rejects. Years later, separated by time and circumstance, they are reunited for one final, explosive encounter. Acclaimed for its beauty and elegant simplicity, this production, originally created for the Metropolitan Opera, is directed by Robert Carsen and designed by Michael…
Find out more »Mooredale Concerts | Calidore String Quartet
“Deep reserves of virtuosity and irrepressible dramatic instinct” -New York Times and “balance of intellect and expression” - Los Angeles Times has won Calidore String Quartet accolades across the globe, firmly establishing them as one of the finest chamber music ensembles performing today. They have garnered the most prestigious prizes for chamber music in North America and Europe including the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. The New York-based ensemble has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall,…
Find out more »October 2018
Royal Conservatory | Koerner Hall 10th Anniversary GALA: Kathleen Battle
Join us for an extra special gala evening! Kathleen Battle’s soaring voice has carried her to the heights of the classical music world. The range of the five-time Grammy Award winner’s repertoire spans three centuries from the Baroque era to contemporary works, which she performs with symphony orchestras and in recital halls around the world. Perhaps what distinguishes this luminous soprano most is her almost magical ability to create an unwavering bond with audiences through a voice that is “without…
Find out more »MUSIC TORONTO | Marc-André Hamelin
Marc-André Hamelin is ranked among the elect of world pianists for his unrivalled blend of musicianship and virtuosity in the great works of the established repertoire, as well as for his intrepid exploration of the rarities of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries – in concert and on disc. This will be his 12th recital on our stage since his debut in 1986. Bach/Busoni Chaconne Samuel Feinberg Sonata No. 3, Op. 3 (1916-17) – – – Alexis Weissenberg Six Arrangements…
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Quintessential Boccherini
Elisa Citterio, Cristina Zacharias violins Brandon Chui viola Christina Mahler, Allen Whear violoncellos The French violinist Cartier once wrote, “If God wished to speak to man through music, he would choose Haydn. If he wanted to listen to the music himself, he would choose Boccherini.” The virtuoso cellist Luigi Boccherini was one of the most sensual composers of the eighteenth century, exploiting the colours and textures of string instruments and imbuing them with the flavour of Spain, where he worked for the Infante Don Luis.…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Mahler Symphony 5
Mahler’s mighty Fifth Symphony charts a potent emotional arc from chilling darkness and thunderous despair to the blazing summit of joyous ecstasy. Its heart lies midway through the journey, in the lush, haunting Adagietto for strings and harp. Artistic Leader and Chief Conductor of the Trondheim Symfoniorkester Han-Na Chang makes her TSO conducting début, joined by the Spanish pianist Javier Perianes, whom London’s Sunday Times praised for his “utter brilliance.” (Pictured: Javier Perianes, piano) Program: Ravel: Piano Concerto in G…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | The Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
October 03, 2018, 8:00PM Starting at $40.00 Venue: Koerner Hall “Their sound is sweet and pure, their ensemble work airtight.” (The Washington Post) Program: Carl Nielsen: Serenata in vano, FS 680 Jean Françaix: Octet Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E flat Major, op. 20
Find out more »Women’s Musical Club of Toronto | Poulenc Trio
James Austin Smith, oboe; Bryan Young, bassoon; Irina Kaplan Lande, piano October 4, 2018 | 1.30 pm | Walter Hall, U of T The Poulenc Trio is the most active touring piano-wind chamber music ensemble in the world. Since its founding 15 years ago, the trio has performed in 45 U.S. states and at music festivals around the world, from Italy, to Mexico, and Russia. The Trio has a strong commitment to commissioning, performing and recording new works from living composers, and…
Find out more »Falun Dafa Association of Toronto | Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra
Falun Dafa Association of Toronto presents Music that Runs Millennia Deep Exquisite Chinese instruments meld with a grand Western orchestra in a perfect harmony of East and West. New York-based Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra blends the two musical traditions in what critics call a breakthrough in classical music. Western strings, percussion, woodwinds, and brass accentuate the melodies of soul-stirring ancient Chinese instruments like the plucked pipa and two-stringed erhu. Part of the renowned Shen Yun Performing Arts classical Chinese dance company that…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Orchestre Métropolitain and Nicholas Angelich
Classical music’s hottest conductor returns to Koerner Hall! The Montreal-born Yannick Nézet-Séguin is Music Director of The Philadelphia Orchestra and The Metropolitan Opera in New York, and Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Orchestre Métropolitain of Montreal. American pianist Nicolas Angelich, who has been called “spellbinding” (Bachtrack), makes his Koerner Hall debut playing Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 4. Program: Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, op. 39 Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, op.…
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Quintessential Boccherini
Elisa Citterio, Cristina Zacharias violins Brandon Chui viola Christina Mahler, Allen Whear violoncellos The French violinist Cartier once wrote, “If God wished to speak to man through music, he would choose Haydn. If he wanted to listen to the music himself, he would choose Boccherini.” The virtuoso cellist Luigi Boccherini was one of the most sensual composers of the eighteenth century, exploiting the colours and textures of string instruments and imbuing them with the flavour of Spain, where he worked for the Infante Don Luis.…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Blue Suede Tunes
Get all shook up to the music of Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bobby Darin, Chuck Berry, and more golden-age rock ’n’ rollers in an electrifying retrospective for the ages, featuring charismatic vocalist Frankie Moreno, who’s been named the Las Vegas Headliner of the Year three times. (Pictured: Frankie Moreno, vocalist) Performers: Steven Reineke, conductor Frankie Moreno, vocalist
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Vivaldi Con Amore
A celebration of Vivaldi’s most energetic and amorous concertos, starring Tafelmusik’s own musicians. Our long association with Antonio Vivaldi has entered a new phase with the arrival of Music Director Elisa Citterio. In this celebration of the composer's unmatched vivacity and inventiveness, we present a colourful bouquet of Vivaldi concertos. After her electric performances of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons last year, Elisa takes the solo role in his love-themed concertos “L'amoroso” and “L'amato bene”, which will be featured on the 2019 release…
Find out more »Bravo Niagara! | James Ehnes
October 12, 7:30pm St. Mark’s Anglican Church (41 Byron Street), Niagara-on-the-Lake Bravo Niagara! presents James Ehnes “A violinist in a class of his own.” (The Times) Bravo Niagara! welcomes back Grammy and 11-time JUNO Award-winning violinist James Ehnes with pianist Andrew Armstrong at the historic 1792 St. Mark’s Anglican Church. Seating is limited! For tickets, please visit www.bravoniagara.org or call (289) 868-9177. Program Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano, No. 1 in D major, Op. 12, No. 1 Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2…
Find out more »Soundstreams | Six Pianos
Our season opener showcases a rich and varied contemporary repertoire for multiple pianos, exemplified by Steve Reich’s seminal work Six Pianos. There’s also a world premiere of a newly commissioned work for multiple pianos from Canadian composer André Ristic, alongside works from Cage, Lutosławski, Alexina Louie and Colin McPhee. We feature a who’s who of pianists/percussionists including Russell Hartenberger, Greg Oh, Stephanie Chua, Ryan Scott and Midori Koga.
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Hadrian
HADRIAN Rufus Wainwright with libretto by Daniel MacIvor OCTOBER 13 TO OCTOBER 27, 2018 WORLD PREMIERE Emperor Hadrian is devastated after his lover Antinous drowns in the Nile River. While matters of state encroach on his grief, and advisors clamour for war against a radical new threat to the Empire, Hadrian slips out of time to re-encounter the vision and reality of Antinous — and learn the truth about what happened on the Nile. This highly anticipated world premiere from composer Rufus Wainwright and librettist Daniel…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Dvořák New World Symphony
Pianist George Li, winner of the Silver Medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, communicates all the fire, tenderness, and sardonic humour of Rachmaninoff’s breathtaking showpiece for piano and orchestra. For his TSO début, Uzbek conductor Aziz Shokhakimov offers the symphony that Czech composer Dvořák created while living in America. This much-loved work offers not only his heartfelt impressions of the bustling USA of the 1890s, but a touching love letter to his far-off homeland. (Pictured: George Li, piano) Order tickets today…
Find out more »Tallis Choir | William Byrd: Loyal Subject & Subversive
Saturday, Oct 13, 2018 - 7:30 PM The music of one the Tudor Era’s greatest composers is featured along with music of his contemporaries in an examination of the difficult balancing act lead by William Byrd as he juggled his fervent Catholic beliefs with his loyalty to the Crown. Being one of Elizabeth I’s favourites allowed him some latitude, but he still had to tread carefully in a world where he could not speak openly about his personal faith. Featured works include…
Find out more »Li Delun Music Foundation | Leonard Gilbert Piano Recital
Solo Piano Recital: BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 31, Op. 110, in A flat major DEBUSSY: Clair de Lune CHOPIN: Scherzo No .1, in B minor CHOPIN: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante RAVEL: Jeux D'eau
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Vivaldi Con Amore
A celebration of Vivaldi’s most energetic and amorous concertos, starring Tafelmusik’s own musicians. Our long association with Antonio Vivaldi has entered a new phase with the arrival of Music Director Elisa Citterio. In this celebration of the composer's unmatched vivacity and inventiveness, we present a colourful bouquet of Vivaldi concertos. After her electric performances of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons last year, Elisa takes the solo role in his love-themed concertos “L'amoroso” and “L'amato bene”, which will be featured on the 2019 release…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Debussy La Mer
Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård returns to the TSO to lead a program that includes two different but equally beguiling French works—Debussy’s majestic portrait of the sea in all its moods, and a tart, playful fairy-tale dance score by Poulenc. Latvian violinist Baiba Skride brings her stirring artistry to the forceful concerto that Benjamin Britten composed as the Second World War loomed. (Pictured: Baiba Skride, violin) Order tickets today when you include this performance in a three-show package, from only $79!…
Find out more »Music Toronto | St. Lawrence Quartet with baritone Tyler Duncan
Established in Toronto in 1989, the SLSQ came to Music TORONTO in 1992 and continues annually. The Quartet has developed an undisputed reputation as one of the world's great ensembles. The quartet has been the Ensemble-in-Residence at Stanford University since 1998. Fiercely committed to collaboration with living composers, the SLSQ also has a special dedication to the string quartets of Haydn. Canadian baritone Tyler Duncanhas performed at the Metropolitan Opera, the Spoleto Festival and Pacific Opera Victoria. He has given acclaimed recitals in New York,…
Find out more »Toronto Consort | Frescobaldi & The Glories of Rome
Behold the glorious sights and sounds of 17th-century Rome! Our season kicks off in the musical world of one of Italy’s most celebrated early Baroque luminaries, Girolamo Frescobaldi. Let his music and that of Palestrina, Landi, and Caroso wash over you as images of Rome’s glittering treasures delight. This multi-media event features dazzling arias, improvisation on bass lines, and florid ornamentation of canzonas, early sonatas, and sacred works for archlute, voices, chamber organ, recorder, and hurdy-gurdy.
Find out more »Sinfonia Toronto | Beethoven’s Kreutzer
Saturday, October 20, 2018 8 pm Toronto Centre for the Arts ~ 5040 Yonge St. SERGEI NAKARIAKOV Trumpeter MARIA MEEROVICH Pianist SINFONIA TORONTO / NURHAN ARMAN Conductor “The Paganini of the Trumpet” and a superb pianist kick off our 20th Anniversary season with two brilliant favourites Program MOZART Horn Concerto No. 4 SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Orchestra BEETHOVEN Kreutzer Sonata Tickets, here.
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Susan Hoeppner & Friends
Susan Hoeppner, who “plays her golden flute with cool confidence” (The New York Times) leads a program of outstandingly wild and some of the most difficult chamber music works written for the instrument. Joined by musical colleagues and friends, this program consists of ensemble variation of flute, harp, and strings. Susan Hoeppner, flute Judy Loman, harp Brad Cherwin, clarinet (Rebanks Fellow alumnus Erika Raum, violin Jennifer Murphy, violin (Rebanks Fellow) Steven Dann, viola Winona Zelenka, cello Program: Maurice Ravel: Introduction…
Find out more »Orchestra Toronto | Autumn Celebration
Join Michael Newnham and the musicians of Orchestra Toronto as we open our 2018-19 season with an autumnal orchestral celebration. Kevin Lau is an award-winning Canadian composer. His dramatic three-part orchestral portrait of Artemis, the ancient Greek goddess of the hunt and the moon recalls Holst’s The Planets. Anastasia Rizikoff is a celebrated young Canadian pianist. In Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, she and the orchestra will perform 24 variations on a tune that Niccolo Paganini originally wrote for the violin. A…
Find out more »Windermere String Quartet | Sacred Spaces
Oct. 21, 2018: Sacred Spaces: We open space for musical reflection with two works with a religious theme. Carl Loewe’s Quatuor Spirituel, an unusual and highly intriguing work from 1830, carries a specific program based on psalms and scripture. We are looking forward to reprising Julia Mermelstein’s Echoes of Illumina, commissioned by us in 2015, which draws on a motet by Gesualdo. We round out this programme with Beethoven’s Op. 18 # 1, whose slow movement is a musical evocation of Romeo and Juliet in their…
Find out more »Off Centre Music Salon | The Mystery of History: 1889 in Paris and Vienna
Date: October 21, 2018 at 3pm “Music should be flexible and adaptable to fantasies and dreams.” — Claude Debussy Paris, 1889. Millions of visitors flock to Paris to witness the great wonders of an ever-expanding and brave new world. Among them, a young Claude Debussy strolls though the Exposition Universelle and is transfixed by the music of the Javanese gamelan. Just over 1000 km away, in Vienna, there is great turmoil. The Crown Prince Rudolf has committed suicide. The fate of the…
Find out more »Small World Music Society | Rumi Symphony Project
On Sunday October 21st at 7:00 pm, two of Iran's most celebrated musical artists return to Toronto after a four-year absence. Legendary singer Shahram Nazeri and his son, composer Hafez Nazeri will showcase new works and beloved classics in a concert at the Sony Centre, 1 Front St. East, presented by Small World Music & Link Music Lab. Information @ smallworldmusic.com and tickets at 1-855-872-SONY or Pegah Books : 416-223-0850 Khorak Supermarket 416-221-7558 Between them, Shahram and Hafez Nazeri constitute one of the most…
Find out more »Esprit Orchestra | For Orbiting Spheres
FOR ORBITING SPHERES Wednesday, October 24, 2018 8:00pm Concert / 7:15pm Pre-Concert Chat Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, 273 Bloor St. W. PROGRAM Missy Mazzoli (U.S.A.) Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) (2016)* Unsuk Chin (Korea) Chorós Chordón (2017)* Charles Ives (U.S.A.) The Unanswered Question (1908) Tristan Keuris (The Netherlands) Sinfonia (1974) *Canadian Premiere Mazzoli’s Sinfonia, cast “in the shape of a solar system”, weaves and coils itself in pulsing loops that twist around each other within a larger orbit while the Sinfonia of Keuris is simply a work of…
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